Hall's Wilmington Gazette

              h a l us wilmington gazette thursday october 5 1797 c*j •/ «• wemtrial preftntti by tbt frtnek amhofttdir at m.drid citizen ptrignan h ins txcdlrncy the prtnce i/pm my lord the fcnecume dire ftory h^s-rteard witli tftonilhment the unexpected r«fi»u t r hc ia*al««g*gement between •&*."*"<? ■* e«tholtctvla]efty and the britifti i "' received an extraordinary packet hlch his jirtk come to my hands ordenng u»tt j do at this moment mzke known 10 his roaiens the true csulrs conrriuuted to tlte malicions lo which hni evidently lciled the honour of the spanifh fl i am w«b periitadcd my lord that a detectable poluy will triv 10 cotcr fo hameful an aftimj wiih dnrkuef i and in order to obtain ns ends with impnnity will h»r»e the unt but otould hi m:tjclty lillen to the talie ev o«wwhjeit in fwch cafe the guilty will y v li tbe*ol mfmi i will com^y v ' , fa c b«nfidl5llce^«c hh natioijriius|»6>ceil , wme.and w411 make li.irs iw prelenee o liii majelty of all who pretend to contra dki the veracity of what i advance i he directory has ordered m fo y,ive you this information that you mty lay it ulore hit majetty the spaniards have formerly given proofs of fuperior valour talents and unh mry kill but in late inllauces fome havr degenerated and by reafon of a different < f/jtein in the order of things in all kurope j ha»eloit that which they had in potfeflioi for fi many ac it is intii^penfabje in order to prderve the body politic to de ftroy and cut oifby ths root this pernicious evil the navy my lord has juft given us a full proof of this indubitnblejruth bekigin force fittlicient to bringdown the hsmgtui nels of the bririfti w+i|i;h was jidl beginning to^.liminifli arurfallfiiortof the high opinion conceived of their navy fiut,tue event ha fo elevated their arrogance thattheieitno example to equal it for this powerful reafon the commerce which fupports the spanifli monarchy is about to be ruined by irreparable lodes the whole nation deiefts the tartly opern rk>ns of the nav , and laurents with fear the misfortune which is about to befat them the fa<ft is the fleet would mar or did n «, g i«fh t»t r tt»o v et «» «•*«• hi»«r»»fei f )- uie fleet has fold the honor ef the nation . it has been fo represented to the di reclory by documents which cannot bedif puted : and as they always are led by ftnti ments which promote the honor of their allies they cannot look with indifference at to vile an action which will produce er niciotr and terrible confluences ! therefore requett in their name that you will prevnil on bis majetty to be ins^ti bl in punifliing with rigour tliofc who have been guilty of crime i wait join lordfhip's anfwpr for the infoiniati»:i ot'tbc directory perignon state paper jitfiver oftbespani/b mius/ler to a memor'tj or reimnflrnnce prefented by citizen pei ignon french mmbujfudor in madrid upon the dtfeat of thi spar.ijh fleet off cap st vincent by the britilb fltet " citizen ambnflador «< i have with great reluctance laid be fore the kine the he^dsand purport of th memorial prefented by your excellency in the name of the directory of the french republic ; 1 fay the heads of the memorial becaufe the language it contains is couched in terms fo offcuhve fo debating and fo in folent to the ears of a free people that i deemed it quite inconfittent with the dig nity of my itation to prefent it in the f*rm in which it ltood to an independent fove reign 11 the king fir laments with great fin cerity the unexpected and fevere lo(s which has beftlleu ilia majefty'l anris in the late engagement with the 13 1 itim fleet ; and is naturally led in fupport of his own ho nour as well s the honor of the sp-mim nation to make a becoming enquiry into ilie c.uife of that misfortune bat he will not fuffer for a moment the directory of the french republic nor any foreign pow er whatever to alliime a privilege of inter feringiu the finallelt degree with the con cerns of his kingdom " it is true as dated in the memorial of your mailers that the naval armsof spvtu have hitherto been eminently didinguifeed among nations and on that account any hit hiiliuron at<lea is felt with the greater force and mortification by his majclty but it annot imu feein very extraordinary indeed in the king and to his majesty's fubjects in general tusft the lols of one action fhould be v ie^ed 4 a matter of furprifeby the french nation furelr ir the directory of the french rr pnblic arc not kqutthmd with the reproach mf a n»val dcfe«t : tbej « j>lea<rd to obfrrvc tbm the sp am/6 fiagil offered * rentsrka b difgrace to its hoftor and that they m the auict of his cjiiwik m.ijetty cat not ith indifer*t beh*fcl uch tnrpirnd arc tbe(e reniuni*«i tfc members ot the lame aile»nl>ly who en barked on board your fleet on the thr«f memorable days of the 30th nd utk of may nd the ill of jnoe ? are thelc gem rlfin 1 he roivtmiuwners who al timed tlie ronk nnd nation of n«**l fidd luarjhah 011 tbat ucenfion ? who before ike commence hwor or ch gjttow with tie bnti.n flee jent a iripate with an isdblent mctjuge to each hip ot the line viz tkat to «_»«» nifliouers j»a - potiiive order to rhe fepi rate captains that they were 10 iiuk to tin imhuuu fry knglifh man of war oiilr ex > ing the io al cli:ulotte which anitrt me riufl»ceiniuftnfler!*9{l8rt <* r f *»"'" mercy that l»ip . tbey were to fpute hut tlicy were to brine tier fate into the haft b mr of brcll in order ro race the triumph of the u,loi ious new republic ; but who in . he end were fttad o jn*ke their eft-ape from tlic cowardly englifu with thelols ot nine capital . ihips : and are thefe the gen tlemen who are prefcribiitg to die king of spain v?hat puniflimcnt lic.i to inflict upon he commanders of the spanifhflert for the loft of ore battle while ilie lnglifli have in their poflelfion at this nionient one half or their navy we did not hear fir of any panifhinent propofed by the directory for the defeat ot your impregnable 6eet on the it of june on the contrary it was al i'erted in the oleum ahemb!y that for the arms v»f france ever to meet the knrfifh in ui action at lea it wai of itfelf fuficiem and equal to a victory i am fating vicrc u your excellency the hiftory oflhrctdays only of the naval exploit of your republic < butalinolt every day fince its coinineice ment mii>ht have accultoined the ear and 1 lie eyes of your directory to the turpitude of natal defeats ; therefore previoutift to your excellency approaching the prefeire of his majrfty where you threaten to ipesu your opinion of the guilt of the officers who commanded his licet i would advife j'ou,as a friend nnd ally »«» balance the dilj»race of two n»t juns ; to tu!'.«f in ovie bautl tur iim^w rieieat of the arms of spain m the ca|>e of st vincent's while in the other yon carry ] the various defeats and ditp.racrs that have befallen the navy of the french republic j ver fine the commencement of it career anrl are which weigh the heavieit your direclorv will then he coijvinrecl that for eitiier of our wo nations to attempt to bring reproach upon the other for their inferiority to the other in naval kill and courage is nothing elfe than to arraign the almighty power who has thought it pood and proper to grant the decided fupenoritj upon the wide and extended ocean to that brave people " the king my mafter hat in the mean time commanded me to fifcnify to the members of the french republic that whe ther it be true or not that it is the infirmity of governments i they late to be feized with certain cancers whjch contaminate and corrupt the lt.it e it is mot his majelty'l intention to follow the example of re generated france by applying candies and the knife to remedy th-.it dreadful evil ; for which realun he has no occstfton to fufpend even for a moment the dictates of his pa ternal affection towards the fuhjudl of his own dates which he is more than ever de termined to cherifh and cultivate ; heine firndv perfuaded by his own obfenration and which is confirmed by thehilioric;il ex perience of all nations that no evil can be b great as to fubmit to the tyranny and oppreflion of a foreign government nur tured and fupporred by the very dregs of the lower order of fociety eourdkaux july rr paris news — mobilities are renewed the kinperor wifhing to get pofleflion of rhe tyrol and iltria cauled our troop to he attacked ; but the enemy were repulfed as loem as buonaparte knew this he ex psdited a courier to the emperor inviting itim to fign the pence projected with the de otllo in 34 hour or he would enter the auftrian territory we arc a tared that buonaparte has wrote to the directory that he has always been fiifpicisus of the emperor's arma ments ; that he had always kept his army upo a ret^eifublr footing and that at the moment he finned the peace lie was certain of vlrtory becaule his rear and hh tnitltarv chell were fafe but at that moment hetnd not know of the two paftages of the rh5ne and tbat l.uirinn and ttie venetians incom moded his rear hoche and moreau have reccitffd'phew to penetrdte into cermnny . london july 4 j by the duulin mail which arrived thi morning we have received a molt eloquent and energetic adiirrf of mr graunn 10 hi fellow-citizens of dublin it begins thus fellow citizens of dublin ! thank you for patt favors 1 have found in ypti 11 kind and gracious malter you have found in me an unprofitable fervant under that itnnrtfiun 1 beg to allure you bat co long a t lie prerent ilate of repre sentation in ttie common houfe continues loloinj in tilt i rcfpc.tf ully decline the hum r of olie'uing at jour hands « feat in that al leinmy on this principle it was i withdrew from parliament t«igerher vir li tho ce with whom i net—^t>d i now-exe'reife my privilege and di charge my dur.j r v in comuuniiontiiig with ny conltituchti pt t)«e eve of a general election fonie fay an immediate diffblution when i am to render back s trult which nir til parliament fh.ih be reformed 1 do not afpire to reahnme the account of the tnofl mnfertal parts uf my cvnduct topethsr with the reafoti of fny rejblmjun v/itl be the cubjn'l of this ler.er mr gmttafi concludes this appeal to hi fellow-countvx men in the following words may the kitvgry power that forms one rftate in our cuimuutiotr rnminue for ever ! but let it be as it profelaa to be nd as by the principles and laws of lliefe conn tries it tiould be one crtate only and j;ot i power ronditliting one c^ttre cieaiing another wild influeiicrng a third may the parliftnentary conftitmidfl prof per ! but let it l>e operative independent nnd an intrrgal part of theconftitntion ad vifinjj confining and tome time directing the kiojdy power may the honle of common flourjni ! but let the people he flir ole atllhor of its ex dtence a they fliould be the great object of its care may the conniclion with great retrain continue kut let tbe rtlirlt of thht con nec'tion l>e the perfect freedom in the fair eit and fulled fetife of all defcriptions of men without diftiucvton in religion to thi purpofe he fpoke-»»..«nd fpealtinc this to no purpofe withdrew ltre;nains to dd this fitj>pticafion : however it may plmf»«he'aiinlv;hty tn hif|w»c f iw»>u and of i'.irliamenli may the liberties ol i the people be immortal july 17 the ejttraordiua'y pr«parnt?on for war on rite p/irt of the kitju ot prudiii of which we have received intelligence by the bi uf feli pajie - », now appears to h;i y ? been under taken with a view to huililiiies with rl»e court of viennw — tl>e impoi'tant hate pa per may be conflderetl as the prrliule tu the eummencemeik of u war beiweeu r»ullia i id auiiria t1j kin of pi ulfia's having oponfipd the decree of the aulic cotmcu again tt his ucury patiqti in r'ranconia is.con'fli me.l by the mail which contains his prnrlftumttlui on the rubjsd £ w ery thing l'eem to threaten truptttie between the two courts of beilin and vienna the ecjitipawe of the archduke chavlet 18 arrived ai schw»«zini>en r prague is putting in a complete ftate of defence the troubles at turin go on increasing and loiooo french tioopa have marched for that capital a ttrotig fleet has failed from venice with a larrje body of french and venetian failors on board for the venetian iilands in the levant july 3 the part jourrtal to the 18th and j9'h inft ft:ue that the executive directory have made the following changffs in the minillry vjj coclion miniftrr of police ; trujjuet of rhe marines ; benczech of he interior ; petiet of war ; and charles lacroix of foreign affairs w?re difmiflrd and replaced the firrt by laroch the fc cond by pleville the third by francois de neuchateau the fourth l>y general roche and the fif:h by talleyrand perigord merlin minifter of juftics and hamel of the finances remain in office hanhelemy and carnot are laid to have oppolied this arrangement charles lacrnix in ro be fent to lifls to replace pleville pefet lrnotir and tal leyrand periiord wero fworn in their new ofices on the morning of the 18th ■ • thc&cecutive direclory have written a letterto buonaparte dared 25th meffidor to the following purport : *' the executive d'rsftory think imten general that it is due 10 he im rponanr fefvices which you have rendered lotrttnifeft to you their d cijfadlioo it con fixfaanlj approves af the con daft both po 1 tical and military winch you have a ilopted efpecially with icgard ic venice jnd genoa signed carnot prefidf-nt lagardi sec gen a hamburg m.iil at rived on friday 1 he adv.crs trum vienna hate that the king of pmljia appears determined to en force his claims upon certain pofle/fions in franconia by dint of arms and coi.fequem ly to let at defi.ime the authority 01 the aulic council on the 6th inft a troiig body of his troopa tock pc.fllijiou of the hrt and immediately dibrme.j the joluicrs whom they found in the barrack tl e new government ot getmz is now p<rtcstly rftabllhed and citizen prtfideut gugc wevi a blue and white iwu july 24 ... , ,„ a ftpon prev«h*d ytirtfrttay at fort'f jtiooth or'etrjst vincent having had an rtigngcntent with rhe sponim fleet and laving captnred five fail of the line we do nut know how this report original ed and it fcetiia indeed vague 6 that we attach bu lurle credit.to it the l.itffl difpatche received by minivers from the mediterranean afford ft long ground ro fiippofe that a naval a&ion hat before this time tals^n place in that qnar jer according to reports which are abroad in well informed cfrrles the spaniards are tlr'crmined with the helpof c eit a'l.cs the freneh to rifk a br^rtje it i faid tliat the combined forces are in great krength ; and the following itatemem n theauthentlgiry of which te do not h»>wever pledge otir-r ekf , hat been handed to ui if u be te nl near thr truth and the spaniards tf tblved ro try their treupth oiir tar will have a full fcop for their gallantry by itn lateniriit it appears that there were at cadi wkrn th difpatrhes came away 3 ft ; ts of the line 31 of which wete lying in the ourer roar and the i others fitting with all pollible difpatch in the harbour offihe < rftdge-grove in the algetiras bay tl»n e were 8 spanifti line of battle fliips aud a fretich hips of 80 g,uns four french ftipsof the line were cruizing off coifics oor renders will fee h owr gihrauar letter with every expedition by r|ir french to join thr fleets in th mediterranean under rhefe ciretimitances we m»y look hourly for important advices from eail st vii cent ' july 2 the pruftian cabinet ins ordered its mimfters at foreign courts to makt is de clarations relpcclm the unhappy poland and one o which conuins the loliuwing information : •• if from motives of hatred on accouot of this treaty of p-ri it ion and iti rei'ults,one of the three high contracting parties hould be attadied by any fcrrign power thetwo others promile to join and defend h'm with ill their m : ght and paw tr igainlt fuch at tack the form of organization for the vs nethn terr firnia which buonaparte has publilhed is of the following tenor 1 1 ft the brefcian is to extend as jar as the mincio ad the veronafe is to begin at the minrjo and to include the country of bologna 3d the vincentin ind baftano v jth its territory is 10 form a department by itfelf 4th the padnan the pole fine of ro vigo and adrln as far as the po not in cluding what belongs to the ferr'arofo i to form one ingle department 5th the countries of feuro cadore m<i bellano are alfo to form a tingle dc parttnent 6 h the country of trevifo excepting ' the diltrid of moftre is to form a tingle department vith that f colla 7th the frioul including nfontfalcore is to form the lalf department 8th each department is to be governed by a central adminiftritioa compoled of 2j members each commune is to have a municipality more or iris numerous ac cording to its number of inhabitants 9th the central government is to be compufe'd of perfbns chofen by the general of diviiion who commands in the depart ment loth each central adminiftratiun i to tegui ire the manner in which jutti*c is to be ajmifiiitered . bonquet the f.ench commifaoner v/uo fcq ifrtercd the property of the public no 40 vol i i